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Example sentences of "they need a [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	After all , why do they need a coach station ?
2	Do they need a corpse as proof of their virility ?
3	She writes , ‘ If anyone is visiting the South West and feel they need a knitting ‘ fix ’ , they would be very welcome to visit us . ’
4	Why did they need a boat-house ?
5	I know that some parents might become tense while waiting to see their children , and they feel they need a cigarette to calm their nerves .
6	He feels they need a prod . ’
7	Not only do they need a lot of power , they need a lot of patience .
8	Were they did they need a lot of attention ?
9	I expected the Polynesians there to be just as subject to the ailments of the flesh as anywhere else in the world — especially polio — otherwise what would they need a doctor for ?
10	They needed a vehicle of much greater weight in the society if national liberation was to be promoted .
11	Jim Smith 's Cup-fighters were hoping to rekindle a fading promotion play-off challenge and they were forced to put out what was , on paper , their strongest team , even though many of them looked as if they needed a rest after their efforts at Highbury .
12	By the 1920s the Swiss jokingly complained that they needed a passport to enter some parts of their country because British skiers had taken them over , and by 1921 there were few Alpine slopes , skiable with contemporary equipment , which had not been tried out by enthusiasts .
13	They needed to co-ordinate thousands of manufacturing operations in GM 's plants scattered across the USA ; and secondly they needed a system to control the supplying of its dealer network with vehicles and spare parts .
14	My feet decided they needed a day off .
15	It said in my book just tidy them up if you , you know , if they needed a bit of tidying up .
16	But they needed a purpose built sett and that meant a lot of digging , which is where the soliders came in .
17	They needed a servant to replace that girl Jane who had betrayed her trust .
18	They needed a boost because of the Cuban crisis and this seemed to be the opportunity , so they had little choice but to enter into the quicksand of the Vietnam War .
19	This was because officers listening to sonar buoys needed this frequency response to distinguish between Allied and German submarines , and they needed a set of training-records .
20	In short , there appeared to be a cutoff at five years , such that those with responsibility time spans of less than five years felt they needed a manager with a responsibility time span of more than five years .
21	To stage a convincing robbery , they needed a robber .
22	‘ We found that there was a lot of problematical sickness in the non-certified days , ie a lot of people were coming back to work just before they needed a doctor 's certificate .
23	They needed a win at all costs , but so did opponents , Derby .
24	Ken had the memory of Loot still burning his ego and both agreed that simultaneously they needed a break .
25	His fried eggs were a bit scrappy : they needed a woman 's touch .
26	They needed a witness , and a servant from the street was better than nobody . ’
27	The course has also attracted former school teachers with PGCE qualifications who had left teaching years earlier to raise a family and then found they needed a refresher or updating course before returning to full-time and or part-time work .
28	As they approached and noticed the unlit chillim , one of them passed us her tinder , commenting with a smile that they 'd got here just in time for all of us : they needed a smoke , and we needed a light .
29	The justification for reserving this not uninfluential role to a small number of wealthy , landed families was that since they had to act as the Queen 's hosts when she visited the county , they needed a house big enough to accommodate her and her entourage .
30	Yes , they needed more than a word for themselves , more than a central symbol for their pride ; they needed a focus — something to restore them to themselves .